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Maybe I'm just too cynical, but we know that it'll happen just before the next Presidential election. If the party in power can't get enough buy-in from enough
by mirimir 7y ago
Maybe I'm just too cynical, but we know that it'll happen just before the next Presidential election. If the party in power can't get enough buy-in from enough influential people.
- refurb 7y agoYou believe the party is power has enough sway to move the needle on a $20T economy?
- mirimir 7y agoFrom what I've read over the years, it's happened before. Or at least, it's been claimed that it's happened before. PR obviously also plays a huge role. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/09/business/recession-and-re-election-don-t-mix.html https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/09/business/recession-and-re... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_1990s_recession_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_1990s_recession_in_the_U... https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/the-economy-and-the-election/ https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/the-economy-and-the-elect... https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/08/19/fox-friends-not-afraid-to-show-medias-deliberate-attempts-to-crash-economy-by-crying-recession-787371 https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/08/19/fox-friends-not-afra... https://www.dailywire.com/news/50222/bill-maher-recession-worth-it-prevent-trump-paul-bois https://www.dailywire.com/news/50222/bill-maher-recession-wo... https://www.nationalreview.com/news/stocks-drop-as-recession-fears-grow-trade-tensions-loom/ https://www.nationalreview.com/news/stocks-drop-as-recession... https://www.salon.com/2019/08/24/history-suggests-that-a-recession-might-doom-trumps-re-election-chances/ https://www.salon.com/2019/08/24/history-suggests-that-a-rec...